Chapter 129 Faith
On the second day, early in the morning, after breakfast, Lu Yi's army bathed in the morning light and headed southwest.
The big parrot soared high in the sky, occasionally making one or two cheerful chirps.
After a killing spree last night, when returning to the camp, Lu Yi cut up the remaining Xuanyuan Divine Water and distributed it to them.
After a night of hard work to digest, the big parrot felt full of energy. It could soar into the sky with a slight flap of its wings. It couldn't help but sing the tune it learned from Lu Yi in a strange voice.
"I want to fly...higher! Awww!"
Lu Yi broke camp and left, and Zhuge Li's vanguard troops followed closely in a hurry.
After the two armies had left, several handsome and handsome disciples of the Paradise Palace, dressed in battle robes and soft armor, and dressed as guards, came hurriedly to the camp where Lu Yi had set up camp yesterday.
In the morning breeze and under the morning light, a row of more than a dozen flagpoles stand.
The bodies of more than a dozen male disciples of the Paradise Palace, whose faces were relatively intact and recognizable, were stripped naked, their hands tied with ropes, and hung on flagpoles, swaying in the wind.
Several disciples of the Paradise Palace stared at their fellow disciples being killed in amazement, their bodies shaking uncontrollably.
"This, this...how dare he?"
Someone else shouted hoarsely: "These brothers are dead, what about the six sisters who acted together? They, they..."
They are all elite disciples of the Paradise Palace. They are proficient in all kinds of skills. The six female disciples were not hung on the flagpole like their fellow brothers. When they came to investigate the news, countless chaotic pictures suddenly emerged in their minds.
A moment later, two palm-sized alien blood falcons took off into the sky, carrying a report on what happened here, and flew towards the capital city of Haojing.
Several disciples of the Paradise Palace suppressed their anger and fear and hurriedly caught up with Zhuge Li's vanguard.
They didn't know that not long after they walked away, the two alien-blood falcons had not yet increased their speed when a red shadow swooped down from the sky. The big parrot opened its mouth, and two thin beams of fire spurted out, instantly killing the two falcons on the spot.
The charred falcon fell from the sky.
The big parrot followed the falling falcon all the way down, and deftly tore off the small copper tubes tied to its claws. It grabbed a copper tube with one claw and flew into the sky with cheers.
The big parrot flew very fast and soon caught up with Lu Yi's group.
Lu Yi took the copper tube dropped by the big parrot, took out the note inside and glanced at it, then laughed: "Bai Changkong, you are actually the Gaojing walker of the Paradise Palace?"
Lu Yi did not hide it from Lu Jun and Lu Yi, he handed the note over directly.
Lu Jun and Lu Yi read the note and sneered at the same time: "Good, very good, the three religions clearly have an agreement, and the disciples of the Paradise Palace actually dared to disregard the secret agreement of the three religions and attack and kill the disciples of our Vajra Temple."
"Hey, let's file a complaint first and get the truth first."
On the back of the galloping wolf, Lu Jun took out a pen and paper, hurriedly wrote three letters, and handed them to Lu Yi.
After a brief examination, Lu Yi and Lu Jun used the seal one after another.
Afterwards, Lu Jun released three trained military falcons every quarter of an hour, only one of which was carrying a letter. He released three waves of falcons in succession and let them fly directly to the capital of Haojing.
By the time we set up camp for the night, the reply letter had arrived.
The reply was written by Shi E himself, and his tone was extremely fierce. He said, "The Paradise is an evil sect, and their disciples maliciously destroyed the secret agreement of the three religions. This is to provoke a conflict between Buddhism and the devil. Buddhism will certainly retaliate with all its might, so Lu Yi just needs to act boldly!"
This meaning was also revealed in Shi'e's reply.
'Since ancient times, Buddhism has always been about reason. If there is ever a time when Buddhism is not about reason, then Buddhism will use its fists to teach you what the 'correct reason' is!'
'Since ancient times, Buddhism has been the embodiment of justice. In the Paradise of Bliss, the disciples of the evil demons can be beaten and killed at will. If they kill the wrong people, then Buddhism will use its fists to tell the world that those who are beaten and killed have their own way to die'!
'To sum up, Buddhism will never make mistakes; if Buddhism makes a mistake, then it must be because you have misunderstood it'!
'Therefore, as long as it is beneficial to the great plan of Buddhism, Lu Yi can act recklessly and run rampant at will'!
In his reply, Shi E clearly told Lu Yi that he had sent someone to deliver a letter to the Buddhist forces in Anping Prefecture. After Lu Yi arrived in Anping Prefecture, an elite Buddhist force would be transferred to Lu Yi's command.
"Is this the style of Buddhism in this world?"
Lu Yi inexplicably recalled that a few days ago in Baimafang, Xuetuo Luo was seriously injured by Shi E who attacked him from behind with the Vajra Finger.
A great Buddhist monk actually attacked someone from behind?
Moreover, the words in the reply letter to Lu Yi were so fierce and so domineering.
"I like this style." Lu Yi smiled and handed the reply letter from Shi'e to Lu Jun who was walking side by side with him: "This way, I feel safe."
Anping Prefecture is located southwest of Haojing, eight thousand miles away in a straight line.
The armies led by Lu Yi and Zhuge Li all rode on exotic mounts, and the slowest one could travel about 4,000 miles a day.
When a large army travels, it is naturally impossible to travel at the most ideal maximum speed. Setting up camp, cooking, and various miscellaneous matters will consume a lot of time.
Even so, on the morning of February 23, the 19th year of Jiayou, Lu Yi's army successfully arrived at "Anping Pass".
The huge Anping Prefecture has a vast fertile land and an endless plain area.
It is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with only four passages, three mountains and one river, leading to the outside world.
Anping Pass is a road passage in the northeast corner of Anping. It is a valley that stretches for 600 miles, and Anping'an is at the outermost end of the valley.
The ten-mile-wide valley is firmly blocked by two ten-zhang-high walls in front and behind. This is "Anping Pass", the only checkpoint for entering Anping Prefecture from the direction of Haojing.
It needs to be explained that there was no "Anping Pass" in the original territory of Dayin.
After the cultural and educational families divided up and controlled the entire Anping Prefecture, the local government of Anping Prefecture allocated money and grain, and spent a lot of manpower and material resources. It took more than a year to build this "Anping Pass", which completely blocked the passage from Anping Prefecture to Haojing.
During times of peace, there were only 30,000 to 50,000 local city defense troops stationed in Anping Pass.
But now, at Anping Pass, the walls were full of banners and leather-armored soldiers. The number of soldiers on the walls alone was no less than 30,000.
Zhuge Li's vanguard army got ahead of Lu Yi, and the huge team blocked the valley road leading to Anping Pass.
Lu Yi rode on his horse to the top of a small hill over a hundred feet high on the side of the road, looking at Anping Pass, which had opened its gates more than ten miles away and was allowing Zhuge Li's vanguard corps to pass through.
"Tsk, I'm used to seeing the imperial city walls of Haojing, and I've also seen the outer city walls of Haojing. Now when I look at this checkpoint, I inexplicably feel that... it's so exquisite. I feel like I can smash the wall to pieces with just one punch." Looking at the checkpoint, Lu Yi expressed his true feelings.
"After all, they are human-made." Lu Jun obviously knew a lot. He swung the reins and said with a smile, "And Haojing City and Sifangjie City were all made by... non-humans."
Lu Yu nodded, and pointed in the direction of Anping Pass: "However, Anping Pass has only one gate, which is no more than ten feet wide. How long will it take for Zhuge Li's army to enter the city?"
Lu Yi sneered, "It can be seen that they have ulterior motives. In such a large Anping Prefecture, there is only such a small opening in the direction of Gaojing? Isn't this treating countless people in Anping Prefecture like pigs?"
Lu Jun said coldly: "Aren't they just kept in captivity like animals? If they hadn't been so reckless in Anping Prefecture, this time..."
In front of so many officers, Lu Jun didn't finish his words.
Lu Yu knew what he wanted to say.
If it weren't for the cultural and educational families who had brought such terrible harm to hundreds of millions of people in Anping Prefecture, how could Xiong Taidou and his men have launched such a loud and rapid rebellion in Anping Prefecture?
Lu Fu felt sad in his heart about the suicidal behavior of the gentlemen of culture and education, and at the same time he was thinking about how he should act this time.
In front of Anping Pass, the valley forms a large trumpet-shaped mouth.
From the narrowest width of ten miles, the valley extends to the northeast and the terrain gradually widens. Now where Lu Yi and others are, the valley is more than twenty miles wide, with hills with gentle slopes and lush vegetation on both sides. If you go another ten miles to the north and south, there are towering mountains.
The gate of Anping Pass was narrow, and the army entered the city extremely slowly. Zhuge Li's vanguard army stretched for twenty to thirty miles, and Lu Yi's team also stretched for seven or eight miles along the main road.
Lu Yi's men were all elite soldiers from the Palace Guards, Imperial Guards, Yulin Army and Canglang Cavalry. Since the team could not move forward, most of the men dismounted to rest, but a large number of cavalry scouts were released all around.
And Zhuge Li's vanguard army.
Since its establishment, the city defense army system of the cultural and educational lineage has never had any actual combat experience from top to bottom, except for engaging in verbal battles in the court, dividing military power from the General's Mansion, and snatching food and wages supplies.
The troops were unable to move, so the officers under Zhuge Li ordered the soldiers to dismount and rest.
Because the army is still outside "Anping Pass".
These officers believed that the rebellion was within "Anping Pass".
They were separated from the rebellious mobs by the "Anping Pass".
So, it's safe here.
Zhuge Li's vanguard troops, both officers and soldiers, relaxed their vigilance.
Many soldiers even relaxed their armor, put down their weapons, and lazily lay on the ground to rest.
What was even more terrible was that after many officers of the vanguard corps gave the order for the soldiers to dismount and rest, they left their troops and rode towards Anping Pass.
The checkpoint is small, and it would probably take a whole day for the army to pass through, right?
In this world, they are too lazy to stay outside the checkpoint and sleep in the open like the soldiers.
There is delicious food and drink in "Anping Pass". Aren't you happy with the delicious fish and meat?
Seeing those officers in distinctive armor and their personal guards riding towards Anping Pass, Lu Yi frowned. Just as he was about to order his soldiers to set up camp, a loud clapper sound suddenly rang out from both sides of the valley.
The sound of bangs was as dense as rain. On the north side of the mountain path, on a large hill, at least tens of thousands of poorly dressed people were roaring and rushing out like crazy beasts.
Dozens of burly men in armor held flagpoles, waved large flags, and rushed to the front of the team.
A large white flag with a red lotus surrounded by blood-red flames in the middle.
The common people were waving crude swords, guns, sticks and clubs, and shouting slogans crazily: "The Red Lotus has appeared, and we will enjoy peace!"